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Sunday February 1, 2009 Finished Mestalla

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Valencia

  • Joaquín 5’
  • Villa 29’, 60’

Almeria

  • Negredo 22’, 64’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Almeria
    • 90+5' The final whistle goes, and what a thrilling end to that match! stick around for Sporting Gijon v Sevilla, about to get underway!
    • 90+5' villa is through on goal, one-on-one with the keeper... Diego saves at the feet of Villa!
    • 90+3' Wonderful run by the substitute Piatti. Piatti reaches the edge of the Valencia area and STRIKES... GREAT SAVE SANCHEZ!! The shot was headed for the bottom corner and the veteran keeper managed to get down and save one-handed and hold on to the the ball. Are you watching, Harry Redknapp?
    • 90' Five minutes of added time are signalled by the fourth offical, but plenty of the fire has gone out of this encounter.
    • 86' Maduro has taken a bit of a knock after being caught in possession by Negredo in his own area, and has limped off the field. David Albelda will replace him.
    • 83' The influential Ortiz is brought off now for Piatti. Still plenty of time for Almeria to get an equaliser here.
    • 81' Edu is coming on now for Ruben Baraja.
    • 80' Ortiz swings in a corner to UCHE FOR A FREE HEADER... Nodded wide! How did the Nigerian miss that?! It's hard to imagine Almeria will get a better chance to equalise this evening than that.
    • 76' This is a good spell for Almeria, as Valencia are struggling to get out of their half.
    • 69' Joaquin has put a good shift in today, and he is given a rest as Miguel Angel Angulo replaces him for the final 20 minutes or so.
    • 64' GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Maybe not, as Almeria hit straight back with another goal! Da Silva sends in a cross that should be an elementary clearance for Carlos Marchena, but the Valencia captain completely misses the ball and Negredo is on hand to head in!
    • 61' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!! david Villa has one strike saved by Diego, but Silva is first to the loose ball and he tees up Villa for a second try and this time the Brazilian keeper can't keep it out! Valencia have surely got this match sewn up now.
    • 60' Valencia have taken fuill control of this match for the time being, with Almeria lacking any sort of fight in midfield. However, Los Che seem content in their one-goal lead and are in no rush - could that attitude prove costly?
    • 58' Villa dummies a pass from Silva, expecting Joaquin to follow up behind him, but the winger was not in on the plan and the ball rolls out for a goal kick.
    • 53' Ortiz bombs down the right wing and chips a cross over to NEGREDO UNMARKED AT THE FAR POST... The former Real Madrid man sends a header on to the top of the net - he should have at least tested Cesar Sanchez from there.
    • 50' Valencia old boys Angulo, Vicente and Albelda are all warming up on the sidelines as this half gets off to a rather sedate start in temrs of chances.
    • 46' Valencia kick off to get the second half underway!
    • 45+2' The first half draws to a close, and it's a fair scoreline for what's been an entertaining match.
    • 43' Almeria have a free-kick. Valencia fail to clear and the ball comes across the box for CRUSAT... Deflected behind for a corner! The visitors have only had a few attacks, but look threatening whenever they come forward.
    • 38' More sexy football as Villa backheels a pass from Silva into the path of Joaquin, but the winger has his shot blocked by the keeper.
    • 36' Great move by Almeria and Uche plays Negredo one-on-one with the keeper.. Cesar Sanchez is off his line quickly to smother the shot.
    • 35' Hedwiges Maduro is booked for a foul Uche in midfield.
    • 33' Ortiz has a shot blocked and Valencia can break. Joaquin wins them a corner which Mane charges down - surely he was closer than 10 yards there?
    • 29' GOL! Villa blasts the ball out of Diego's reach into the side netting the reclaim the lead for Valencia!
    • 28' PENALTY!! Carlos Garcia brigns down Juan Matas in the area and Valencia have a spot-kick! David Villa places the ball on the spot...
    • 25' Almeria are buoyed by that goal - very much against the run of play. They win a corner after Miguel had to clear a cross at the far post just before Negredo stole in, but they can't work a chance from the set piece.
    • 22' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL!! Almeria are level! A wonderful turn on the right wing sees Crusat lose his marker and send in a cross that Alvaro Negredo can't help but turn in for his ninth of the season!
    • 19' Valencia are not relinquishing possession, and David Villa has time and space to SHOOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX... OFF THE POST!! Diego was diving but wouldn't have got to it in time. A let-off for Almeria.
    • 13' Almeria skipper Soriano trips Silva as the visitors struggle to maintain any kind of possession. The free-kick results in a corner, but Almeria clear.
    • 9' Manuel Fernandes will deliver a free-kick for Valencia from the left wing... Punched away by Diego.
    • 5' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOOOOOOOOL!! Joaquin is on hand to steer home Silva's cross on the volley from close range and give Los Che an early lead! That's the fourth league goal of the season for the resurgent Joaquin!
    • 4' A nice open start to the match, with both sides exchanging possession in midfield.
    • 1' Almeria kick off at a half-empty Mestalla!
    • 17:58 Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Valencia v Almeria in La Liga!

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Almeria
    49% Possession 50%
    9 Shots 12
    5 Shots on target 5
    2 Saves 2
    4 Corners 4
    15 Fouls 23
    3 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 18
    284 Accurate passes 298
    66 Bad passes 61

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 7 4
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 29 18 3
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 1 5
      8 Rubén Baraja 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 50 12 2
      17 Joaquín Sánchez Rodriguez 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 17 0 0
      21 David Silva 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 44 12 1
      3 Hedwiges Maduro 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 2 2
      18 Manuel Fernandes 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 2 1
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 21 8 0
      7 David Villa 2 6 4 2 1 2 0 9 3 1
      14 Vicente Rodriguez Guillén 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Vicente Guaita Panadero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Miguel Ángel Angulo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
      6 David Albelda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      22 Eduardo Cesar Gaspar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      12 Thiago Carleto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pablo Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Almeria
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Diego Alves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0
      21 Carlos García Badías 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 1 0
      25 Hernan Pellerano 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 28 3 2
      22 José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 40 19 3
      2 Bruno Saltor 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 35 2 4
      23 Fernando Soriano 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 2 0
      6 Santos Iriney 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 40 10 5
      17 Juan Manuel Ortiz 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 19 0 1
      5 Kalu Uche 0 3 1 2 6 0 0 28 7 1
      9 Álvaro Negredo Sánchez 2 4 3 0 2 2 0 16 5 0
      8 Albert Crusat 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 20 10 1
      13 Esteban Andrés Suarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Pablo Piatti 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      24 Juan Jesús Gutierrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 José Ortiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Santiago Acasiete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 José Manuel Flores Moreno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Miguel Angel Corona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90+5' villa is through on goal, one-on-one with the keeper... Diego saves at the feet of Villa!
    • 90+3' Wonderful run by the substitute Piatti. Piatti reaches the edge of the Valencia area and STRIKES... GREAT SAVE SANCHEZ!! The shot was headed for the bottom corner and the veteran keeper managed to get down and save one-handed and hold on to the the ball. Are you watching, Harry Redknapp?
    • 80' Ortiz swings in a corner to UCHE FOR A FREE HEADER... Nodded wide! How did the Nigerian miss that?! It's hard to imagine Almeria will get a better chance to equalise this evening than that.
    • 64' GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Maybe not, as Almeria hit straight back with another goal! Da Silva sends in a cross that should be an elementary clearance for Carlos Marchena, but the Valencia captain completely misses the ball and Negredo is on hand to head in!
    • 61' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!! david Villa has one strike saved by Diego, but Silva is first to the loose ball and he tees up Villa for a second try and this time the Brazilian keeper can't keep it out! Valencia have surely got this match sewn up now.
    • 53' Ortiz bombs down the right wing and chips a cross over to NEGREDO UNMARKED AT THE FAR POST... The former Real Madrid man sends a header on to the top of the net - he should have at least tested Cesar Sanchez from there.
    • 29' GOL! Villa blasts the ball out of Diego's reach into the side netting the reclaim the lead for Valencia!
    • 28' PENALTY!! Carlos Garcia brigns down Juan Matas in the area and Valencia have a spot-kick! David Villa places the ball on the spot...
    • 22' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL!! Almeria are level! A wonderful turn on the right wing sees Crusat lose his marker and send in a cross that Alvaro Negredo can't help but turn in for his ninth of the season!
    • 19' Valencia are not relinquishing possession, and David Villa has time and space to SHOOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX... OFF THE POST!! Diego was diving but wouldn't have got to it in time. A let-off for Almeria.
    • 5' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOOOOOOOOL!! Joaquin is on hand to steer home Silva's cross on the volley from close range and give Los Che an early lead! That's the fourth league goal of the season for the resurgent Joaquin!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

  • Valencia

    Manager: . Emery

    Starting line-up

    • C. Sánchez
    • .. Miguel
    • H. Maduro Substitution In (85′) Yellow Card
    • C. Marchena Yellow Card
    • E. Moretti
    • M. Fernandes
    • R. Baraja Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)
    • S. Joaquín Goal Substitution Out (70′)
    • J. Mata
    • D. Silva
    • D. Villa Goals×2

    Subs

    • 6. D. Albelda Substitution In85′
    • 10. M. Angulo Substitution In70′
    • 22. E. Gaspar "Edu" Substitution In81′
    • 14. V. Rodríguez
    • 19. D. Pablo Hernández
    • 33. V. Guaita
    • 12. T. Carleto

    Injured

    • 9. F. Morientes
    • 4. R. Albiol
    • 13. .. Renan
    • 20. R. Alexis

    Suspended

    None

  • Almeria

    Manager: Hugo Sánchez

    Starting line-up

    • D. Alves Carreira, 'Diego'
    • G. Bruno Saltor
    • .. Carlos
    • H. Pellerano
    • J. Jiménez "Mané"
    • J. Ortiz
    • F. Soriano Substitution In (72′) Yellow Card
    • I. Da Silva "Iriney"
    • K. Uche
    • &. Negredo Goals×2
    • .. Crusat Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 15. M. Corona Substitution Out72′
    • 24. J. "Juanito"
    • 12. F. Chico
    • 10. J. Ortiz Substitution Out83′
    • 13. E. Suárez Díaz
    • 11. P. Piatti Substitution In83′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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